24: Live Another Day - Everything we know about Jack Bauer's comeback

Details of Jack Bauer's triumphant return to television were first divulged in May 2013 and the gap between that first announcement and now has been - to paraphrase the man himself - the longest 10 months of our lives.

But now there's just six weeks to go until Jack is unleashed onto London's streets - Union Jack, as some have dubbed it. The clock is ticking, so here's everything you need to know about 24: Live Another Day.

24: Live Another Day will get its world premiere on US network Fox on Monday, May 5 - launching with a double-bill. The remaining 10 episodes will then air over subsequent weeks on Mondays at 9/8c.

Sky1 - the show's UK home back in the day - has confirmed that it will also air the new limited series, though hasn't firmed up an air-date yet, other than to reassure Bauer's Brit fans that they'll also get to see the new episodes at some point in May.

Yes, for those of you who don't recall how 24 originally ended its run in 2010, Kiefer Sutherland's government agent Bauer came into conflict with both the US and Russian governments. There was fault on both sides, but ultimately Jack was forced to flee his home country and go on the run.

Live Another Day sees the ex-CTU operative rock up in London, but, as Bauer's bad luck would have it, the US President - his old sparring partner James Heller - is also visiting England's capital and it's not long before Jack uncovers a plot to assassinate the Commander-in-Chief on foreign soil.

Along with Sutherland and William Devane as Heller, Live Another Day will also reintroduce Kim Raver as Audrey - Heller's daughter and Jack's old love interest, last seen in a near-comatose state in season 6 after being kidnapped and tortured by Chinese agents.

Audrey's doing considerably better now, having landed herself a husband, who's also her father's Chief of Staff - relationships are never straightforward in the 24 universe.

The final returnee is, of course, Chloe O'Brian - Mary Lynn Rajskub's snarky hacker who was first introduced to 24 in its third season and has since become as indispensable to the show as Bauer himself.

Chloe, it seems, has been on a reverse trajectory to Audrey. She's "damaged", having lost her young son in mysterious circumstances, has turned against the government she once served and is expressing her new world view via a punky new look that's got more than a little of the Lisbeth Salander about it.

That's apparently your lot for returnees. Trusty old Aaron Pierce (Glenn Morshower) will likely be absent, as will Carlos Bernard's Tony Almeida, so no huskily-whispered Alrights or Yahs for 24 fans this time round.

Filling out the cast list for 24: Live Another Day is an impressive roster of stars including Yvonne Strahovski, Benjamin Bratt, Tate Donovan, Michelle Fairley, Colin Salmon and - incredibly - Stephen Fry.

Chuck star Strahovski is Kate Morgan, a CIA agent based in London who is tasked with capturing Jack, while Bratt is her clean-cut boss Steve Navarro.

Damages actor Donovan plays Audrey's new beau Mark Boudreau, while recent Game of Thrones departee Fairley has been cast as Margot, the widow of a notorious terrorist.

Salmon could cause trouble for Jack as the fierce, uncompromising General Coburn, while national treasure Fry is the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Did we mention how incredible Fry's casting is?

Perhaps not. It would be a tragedy to lose Jack again having only just got him back and, with Live Another Day sure to hit big on both sides of the Atlantic, further 24 outings seem like a near certainty - though what form the show's third coming would take is less certain.

Howard Gordon, exec producer on the original show and the revival, has claimed that a second limited series - likely spanning another 12 episodes - is the most likely option. The show's star though is still pushing for Jack to make the leap to the big screen.